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The Philadelphia Inquirer - Sat Oct 31, 4:00 am ET
The new owner of the Chicago Cubs didn't wait long to make a promise: Tom Ricketts said the Cubs are going to win the World Series.
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Business Standard India - Sat Oct 31, 4:25 pm ET
Corporate executives have learned nothing from the recession. As the economy recovers, they should use the cash they piled up during the bad times to build new plants and make sensible acquisitions while costs are low and they can leverage their spending with low-interest debt.
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Rocky Mount Telegram - Tue Oct 27, 5:12 pm ET
OMAHA, Neb. — Buying the Chicago Cubs doesn't mean the Ricketts family will become less engage...
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The Courier News - Sat Oct 31, 3:09 pm ET
Thomas Ricketts spent $845 million for, among other assets, a baseball team that in a good year will record a profit of around $30 million. The new owner of the Chicago Cubs will have to repay loans of $425 million he obtained for the purchase. That's an expense the Cubs' seller, Tribune Co., never had. He'll have to look at costs of Wrigley Field renovation to facilities that sorely need ...
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Fort Wayne News-Sentinel - Sat Oct 31, 10:08 am ET
CHICAGO #8212; Tom Ricketts and his family took ownership of the Chicago Cubs and wasted no time making a promise to the team's long-suffering fans: They will bring a World Series title to a team that has gone 101 years without one.
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WREX-TV Rockford - Sat Oct 31, 2:28 pm ET
Associated Press - October 30, 2009 11:54 AM ET CHICAGO (AP) - Tom Ricketts met his wife at Wrigley Field and once lived across the street from the fabled baseball park nestled in a...
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New York Times - Fri Oct 30, 7:26 am ET
Shares of the private equity giant jumped 7.5 percent on Thursday, a move options analysts attributed to investors’ anticipation of strong results when the firm reports on Friday, Nov. 6., Reuters reported.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Oct 27, 7:30 am ET
OMAHA, Neb.----TD AMERITRADE Holding Corporation has released results for fiscal 2009. Despite facing challenges related to struggling stock markets, a near-zero interest rate environment and an economic recession, the Company delivered a strong financial performance as a result of record organic growth in client assets and trading activity.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - 14 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Cubs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, a step that will allow their owner to sell the baseball team in an $845 million deal.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Mon Nov 9, 12:19 pm ET
Here's a look at Monday's sports in brief around the world.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 8, 6:31 am ET
Here's a look at Monday's sports in brief around the world.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Sat Nov 7, 7:20 am ET
Here's a look at Tuesday's sports in brief around the world.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Fri Nov 6, 9:52 am ET
Here's a look at Tuesday's sports in brief around the world.
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Omaha World-Herald - Thu Nov 5, 10:15 pm ET
Tom, with the recent rehiring of Bill Snyder at Kansas State and the fact that they are atop the Big 12 North leaderboard, one wonders if Tom Osborne should have reinstated himself as head coach?
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Thu Nov 5, 10:09 am ET
NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Cubs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, a step that will allow their owner to sell the baseball team in an $845 million deal.